3. I told them not to have the gates of Jerusalem opened in the morning until well after sunrise and to have them closed and barred before the guards went off duty at sunset. I also told them to appoint guards from among the people who lived in Jerusalem and to assign some of them to specific posts and others to patrol the area round their own houses.
4. Jerusalem was a large city, but not many people were living in it, and not many houses had been built yet.
5. God inspired me to assemble the people and their leaders and officials and to check their family records. I located the records of those who had first returned from captivity, and this is the information I found:
39-42. This is the list of the priestly clans that returned from exile:Jedaiah (descendants of Jeshua) — 973Immer — 1,052Pashhur — 1,247Harim — 1,017
43-45. Clans of Levites who returned from exile:Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) — 74Temple musicians (descendants of Asaph) — 148Temple guards (descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai) — 138
46-56. Clans of temple workmen who returned from exile:Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,Keros, Sia, Padon,Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,Besai, Meunim, Nephushesim,Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,Bazlith, Mehida, Harsha,Barkos, Sisera, Temah,Neziah, and Hatipha.
57-59. Clans of Solomon's servants who returned from exile:Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Amon.